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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday assured Iran it would take steps to prevent cross-border terrorist attacks, including the deployment of additional troops along its border with Iran.
The assurances were extended during meetings Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif held in the federal capital during a daylong trip.
Mr Zarif was leading a 12-member delegation on a previously unscheduled trip to press Pakistani authorities for action against terrorists involved in last week’s attack on Iranian border guards, which left 11 dead, seeking measures to prevent a repeat of such incidents.
Cross-border attacks have long been a serious irritant in the already fraught ties between the two neighbours.
But the Iranian leadership took an unprecedented and aggressive stance on the latest incident, which was claimed by Jaish-ul-Adl, saying shortly after the attack that “the Pakistani government bears the ultimate responsibility for the attack”.
Before sending Mr Zarif to Islamabad, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani had written to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, demanding action against the terrorists involved in the attack.
https://www.dawn.com/news/1330965/pakistan-to-deploy-more-troops-on-iran-border